Lu you
(3) East of Wan Li River flows into the sea,
5000 feet on a skyscraper.
Adherents shed tears and dust,
Look south to Julian Waghann for another year.
[Notes]
1. Dawn: It's almost dawn. Fence gate: A gate made of bamboo or branches. There are two poems on the same topic, and this is the second one.
2. Three Wan Li River: refers to the Yellow River. "Three Wan Li" describes its length.
3. Five thousand sacred mountains: refers to Huashan Mountain in Xiyue. "Five thousand meters" describes its height. The ancients took eight feet as a section.
4. Julian Waghann: refers to the army of the Song Dynasty.
[explanation]
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Jin occupied the Central Plains. Lu You, a patriotic poet, yearned for the countryside of Yin Shan (now Zhejiang).
The great rivers and mountains in the original area also miss the people of the Central Plains and hope that the Song Dynasty can recover the Central Plains as soon as possible.
Unification.
[Introduction to the author]
Lu You: (1125-1210), a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty. The word Wu Guan, No.,was born in Yuezhou, Yinshan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). There are "Poems by Jian Nan" and "Selected Works of Weinan".